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Why is Wes Streeting able to talk about what was said at Glastonbury But not able to comment on reports of IDF soldiers being ordered to kill Palestinians queuing up for food?

Rod Stewart is not sexy. I don't know why he bothered to ask the question.

Kneecap's Glastonbury set being live-streamed here: www.tiktok.com/@helensheali...

American fashion designer Willy Chavarria starts his show with a performance dedicated to those illegally detained by ICE.

OUTRAGEOUS: A man who witnessed an immigration raid at a shopping plaza in Los Angeles was forcefully removed from his car and taken into custody for simply filming the activity. Welcome to Trump’s Amerika. 😡 ktla.com/news/local-n...

Watching the sunrise with Ruby this morning thinking it was the Summer Solstice, but apparently that's tomorrow. But still it was lovely.

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It seems the new groups are concerned 😃 I love this footage (that I’ve just seen on Facebook) of Paul (Simonon) with a couple of young Clash fans singing ‘Guns Of Brixton’ ❤️

Sir Geoff Palmer has died. His contribution to this country was profound, and delivered not only with wit and wisdom but with gentleness and courage. He was the sort of man who, having been faced with many obstacles in his own life, sought to break them down for others. He was a great Briton.

It’s always the celebrities you expect.

Fox keeps proving there’s still more stupidity to come.

no one has ever been more los angeles than this man

Please listen to the UN General Secretary.

Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵 First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

Simply this.

It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.

Nearly 50 years since this book was written, and it's more relevant than ever www.theguardian.com/books/2016/n...

No, we are not going to live on other planets. Bullshit artists like Musk might as well be the leaders of death cults. arstechnica.com/culture/2025...

this internet was a mistake, but sometimes it’s the best thing ever created

This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.

I love this piece of British humour in response to a Putin news story!

We have spent time and money planting trees with many planted by young folk next comes the professional chainsaw peeps to thin out these non-native trees. They cost about £500 a day. Pls consider helping us make this happen. 🙏 ❤️ www.the-wildwood.org.uk/support.html

We said, “Never again!” The question is…did we really mean it, or were we just puffing up our chests to sound like people we wanted to believe we were, but knew deep inside…we…were not? The test that will reveal the answer is before us.

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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.